About Last Night...Black Fleece Hits the Bay Area

Good news for style-minded San Franciscans: Last night Brooks Brothers threw a dinner party to christen the opening of their second stand-alone Black Fleece store, in the city’s boutique-and-restaurant-lined Fillmore district. We’re fans of Black Fleece’s three-button-rollover suits, with narrow, slightly cropped cuts that bring a shot of youthful attitude to the almost-200-year-old Brooks Brothers brand; the hardy and smartly-patterned flannels, tweeds, and gabardines they’re cut from; and the vast collection of silk striped ties we could spend hours flipping through (and in fact have, at the line’s first store, on Bleecker Street here in N.Y.C.). All of which are, of course, by-now-legendary trademarks of Black Fleece’s designer, Thom Browne, who hosted the dinner as well as a cocktail party at the store on Monday night. Among those in attendance at the events: San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom and our very own Jim Moore. Here, a few shots from the proceedings, and an inside look at the two-floor, 1,600-square-foot store.

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